English CTK- 2090 CTK-2400 EN/ES USER’S GUIDE Esta marca de reciclaje indica que el empaquetado se ajusta a la legislación de protección ambiental en Alemania. Español Please keep all information for future reference. This recycle mark indicates that the packaging conforms to the environmental protection legislation in Germany. Safety Precautions Before trying to use the Digital Keyboard, be sure to read the separate “Safety Precautions”.
CTK2400_A5_x1a_EN_ES.indd 2 O : Yes X : No Mode 2 : OMNI ON, MONO Mode 4 : OMNI OFF, MONO Mode 1 : OMNI ON, POLY Mode 3 : OMNI OFF, POLY *1: Depende del tono. *2: Para obtener información acerca de NRPN, RPN y los mensajes exclusivos del sistema, consulte Implementación MIDI en http://world.casio.com/. *3: De acuerdo con el ajuste de efecto de pedal. *1: Depends on tone. *2: For details about NRPN, RPN, and system exclusive messages, see MIDI Implementation at http://world.casio.com/.
General Guide ...........................EN-2 Using the 10-key Pad (bp)...................................EN-4 Using the FUNCTION Button (3) .......................EN-4 Playing Built-in Songs........... EN-17 Getting Ready to Play ..............EN-5 Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play ........... EN-21 Preparing the Music Stand ...................................EN-5 Power Supply .......................................................EN-5 Playing the Demo Songs ................................
General Guide • In this manual, the term “Digital Keyboard” refers to the CTK-2090/CTK-2400. • Illustrations in this User’s Guide show the CTK-2400. • In this manual, buttons and other controllers are identified using the numbers shown below. 1 2 3 4 6 7 5 8 9 bk bl bm bnbo bq cm cn ct br co cp cq cr bp bs cs bt ck cl cm dk EN-2 CTK2400_A5_x1a_EN_ES.
General Guide 1 P(POWER) button ☞EN-6 2 VOLUME slider ☞EN-6 3 FUNCTION button ☞EN-4 4 METRONOME, $ BEAT button ☞EN-7 5 TEMPO buttons ☞EN-7, 19, 31 6 REPEAT, INTRO button ☞EN-18, 30 7 REW, NORMAL/FILL-IN button ☞EN-18, 30 8 FF, VAR.
General Guide 2. Next press 3 (FUNCTION) until the parameter bp) Using the 10-key Pad ( whose setting you want to change is displayed. • Each press of 3 (FUNCTION) cycles through the available parameters. • To scroll backwards through parameters, hold down 3 (FUNCTION) as you press 4 (METRONOME). Use the number buttons and the [–] and [+] keys to change the settings of the parameters that appear in the upper left area of the display. Parameter Setting Md e r nPn o Display Trans.
Preparing the Music Stand Music stand English Getting Ready to Play Using Batteries • Be sure to turn off power before loading batteries. • It is up to you to prepare six commercially available AA-size batteries. Do not use oxyride batteries or any other nickel based batteries. 1. Open the battery cover on the bottom of the Digital Keyboard. Power Supply Either an AC adaptor or batteries can be used to power this Digital Keyboard. Normally, use of AC adaptor power is recommended.
Playing the Digital Keyboard 1 2 4 5 Turning on Power and Playing 1. Press 1. This turns on power. • To turn off the Digital Keyboard, press 1 again. 2. Try playing something on the keyboard. Use 2 bm bp Using Headphones Using headphones cuts off output from the built-in speakers, which means you can practice playing even late at night without disturbing others. • Be sure to turn down the volume level before connecting headphones. to adjust volume.
Playing the Digital Keyboard The metronome lets you play and practice along with a steady beat to help keep you on tempo. Changing the Metronome Tempo Use the following procedure to change the tempo of the metronome. 1. Press 5. Start/Stop 1. Press 4. This starts the metronome. This pattern changes with each beat. Use w (slower) and q (faster) to change the tempo setting. Holding down either button changes the setting at high speed.
Controlling the Keyboard Sounds bmbn 3 Select from a variety of musical instrument sounds bp 3. Try playing something on the keyboard. The tone of the instrument you selected will sound. Your Digital Keyboard lets you select tones for a wide variety of musical instrument sounds, including violin, flute, orchestra, and more. Even the same song sound takes on a different feel by changing the instrument type. To select an instrument for playing 1. Press bm (TONE).
Controlling the Keyboard Sounds Using a Pedal 1. Press 3 (FUNCTION) a number of times until “Reverb” appears on the display (page EN-4). A pedal can be used to change notes in various ways while playing. • A pedal unit does not come with the Digital Keyboard. Purchase one separately from your retailer. See page EN-1 for information about options. English Using Reverb Reverb adds reverberation to notes. You can change the duration of the reverb. Connecting a Pedal Unit Re v e r b 2.
Controlling the Keyboard Sounds Changing the Pitch (Transpose, Tuning) Changing the Pitch in Semitone Steps (Transpose) The transpose feature lets you change the pitch, in semitone steps. A simple operation lets you instantly change the pitch to match that of a singer. • The transpose setting range is –12 to +12 semitones. 1. Press 3 (FUNCTION). Trans . 2. Use bp (10-key) [–] and [+] keys to select the transpose setting you want.
1 3 bmbn bo bp cq bk You can use the digital keyboard’s built-in microphone to record a sound and then play it with the keyboard keys. The sampling feature is a great way to create your own original sounds. English Sampling a Sound and Playing it on the Keyboard (Sampling) bq br bs bt ck cl Sampling a Sound and Playing It There are two sampling methods: long sampling and short sampling.
Sampling a Sound and Playing it on the Keyboard (Sampling) 3. Produce the desired sound in the direction of the built-in microphone. Sampling will start automatically. Samp l i n g • Sampling will not start if the volume level of the sound being sampled with the microphone is too low. • Sampling will stop automatically two seconds after it starts, or if the sound being input through the microphone stops before then. Flashes 2. Press cq (SAMPLING) and release it. This enters sampling standby.
Sampling a Sound and Playing it on the Keyboard (Sampling) • At this time tone number 415 (which is short sampling 2 tone) is selected. • Each subsequent short sampling operation is automatically assigned to the next sequential tone number. After sampling reaches tone number 424 (short sampling 5 tone), it cycles back to tone number 412 (short sampling 1 tone).
Sampling a Sound and Playing it on the Keyboard (Sampling) Applying an Effect to a Sound Sample Use the procedure below to apply effects to a sample that was recorded using either long sampling or short sampling. 1. Press one of the five bq - ck (SAMPLED TONES/EFFECTS) buttons to cycle through available effects.
Sampling a Sound and Playing it on the Keyboard (Sampling) Use the following procedure to replace a percussive instrument with a sampled sound you sampled with short sampling and play auto accompaniment rhythms (page EN-27) with it. 1. Each press of cl (VOICE PERCUSSION) button toggles between the VOICE PERCUSSION mode and the normal rhythm mode. • The VOICE PERCUSSION indicator will be on the display while the VOICE PERCUSSION mode is selected.
Sampling a Sound and Playing it on the Keyboard (Sampling) Enabling or Disabling the Sampling Play Back Use the procedure below to enable or disable the auto playback routine (song or rhythm using sampled sound) that is performed after sampling is complete. 1. Keep pressing 3 (FUNCTION) until “SampPB” appears on the display. 2. Press bp (10-key) [–] key to disable the demo routine.
3 English Playing Built-in Songs bo bp 5 6 7 8 9 bk bl With this Digital Keyboard, built-in tune data is referred to as “songs”. You can listen to the built-in songs for your own enjoyment, or you can play along with them for practice. • In addition to simple listening enjoyment, the built-in songs can be used with the lesson system (page EN-21) for practice. Playing the Demo Songs Playing Back a Particular Song Use the procedure below to play back one of the built-in songs.
Playing Built-in Songs 3. Press bk. ■ Skip Forward This starts playback of the song. 1. Press 8. Sustain pedal Key Note This skips song playback forward to the next measure. Each press of 8 skips ahead one measure. Holding down 8 skips forward at high speed until you release it. • Pressing 8 while song playback is stopped performs lesson function phrase skip forward (page EN-22). Measure Beat Tempo Fingering Measure number 4. Press bk again to stop playback.
Playing Built-in Songs want to specify as the start measure, press 6. This specifies the measure as the start measure. Changing Playback Speed (Tempo) You can use the following procedure to change the speed (tempo) in order to slow down playback to practice difficult passages, etc. English 2. When song playback reaches the measure you 1. Press 5. Flashes 3. When playback reaches the measure you want to select as the end measure, press 6 again.
Playing Built-in Songs Playing with the Tone as Song Playback The procedure below lets you select the same keyboard tone as the one being used in the song and play along with your favorite tunes. 1. After selecting a song, hold down bo (SONG BANK) for about two seconds until the displayed tone name changes to the tone name of the song. • If your currently selected tone is the same as the song tone, the display contents will not change. 2. Play along with song playback.
bo bp 3 6 7 8 bk bl bq br bs bt ck cl To master a song, it is best to break it up into shorter parts (phrases), master the phrases, and then put everything together. Your Digital Keyboard comes with a Step Up Lesson feature that helps you to do just that. Phrases The built-in songs are pre-divided into phrases to help you master keyboard play. Song start Phrase 1 Song end Phrase 2 English Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play Phrase 3 . . . .
Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play Messages that Appear during Lessons The following are the messages that appear on the display during Step Lessons. Message NextPhrs Description Appears when you select a phrase, when a lesson starts, etc. • Note that certain phrases will cause “” to appear instead of “”. Appears when the lesson starts with an intro or fill-in phrase that is not included in the phrases to be practiced.
Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play Now it is time to start the lessons. First, select the song and part you want to practice. Lesson 1: Listen to the song. 2. Play notes on the keyboard in accordance with the instructions provided on the display and by voice fingering guide. During this lesson, the display shows the key you need to press next. Voice fingering guide uses a simulate voice to announce which finger you should use.
Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play Lesson 3: Remember what you learned as you play. Though song playback stands by waiting for you to press the correct keys as in Lesson 2, the Digital Keyboard does not provide any guidance about what note you need to play next. Remember everything you have learned up to Lesson 2 as you play.
Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play 1. Press 3 (FUNCTION) a number of times until “NoteGuid” appears on the display (page EN-4). Using Auto Step Up Lesson With Auto Step Up Lesson, the Digital Keyboard advances through each lesson automatically. English Turning Off Note Guide Use the following procedure to turn off note guide, which sounds the note to be played next in Lesson 2 and Lesson 3. 1. Select the song and part you want to practice (page EN-17). 2. Press ck. No t eGu i d 2.
Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play ■ Auto Step Up Lesson Procedure Phrase 1 Lesson 1 4 Lesson 2 4 Lesson 3 4 Phrase 2 Lesson 1 4 Lesson 2 4 Lesson 3 4 Phrase 1, 2 • Lesson 3* 4 Phrase 3 Lesson 1 4 Lesson 2 4 Lesson 3 4 Phrase 1, 2, 3 • Lesson 3* 4 Next phrase practice using the same procedure 4 Final phrase Lesson 1 4 Lesson 2 4 Lesson 3 4 From Phrase 1 to the final phrase • Lesson 3* 4 Lesson complete * Auto Step Up Lesson advances to the next phrase, regardless of whether the “Bravo!” resul
3 bn 5 English Using Auto Accompaniment bp 6 7 8 9 bk bl With Auto Accompaniment, simply select an accompaniment pattern. Each time you play a chord with your left hand the appropriate accompaniment will play automatically. It’s like having a personal backup group along with you wherever you go. Starting and Stopping the Rhythm Part only 1. Press bn (RHYTHM). Rhythm number • Auto Accompaniments are made up of the following three parts.
Using Auto Accompaniment 5. Pressing bl again returns to rhythm only Playing All Parts accompaniment. Auto Accompaniment with Chords Playing a chord with your left hand automatically adds bass and harmony accompaniment parts to the currently selected rhythm. It is just like having your own personal back up group on call. 1. Start play of the Auto Accompaniment rhythm part. 2. Press bl. This enables chord input on the accompaniment keyboard.
Using Auto Accompaniment With these three input modes, you play chords on the accompaniment keyboard using their normal chord fingerings. Some chord forms are abbreviated, and can be fingered with one or two keys. See page EN-41 for information about chords that are supported and how they are fingered on the keyboard. Accompaniment keyboard ● FINGERED 1 Play the component notes of the chord on the keyboard. ● FINGERED 2 Unlike FINGERED 1, 6th input is not possible. m7 or m7b5 is input.
Using Auto Accompaniment Using Auto Accompaniment Effectively Auto Accompaniment Pattern Variations Use the following procedures to play intro and ending patterns, to play fill-in patterns, and to play variations of basic Auto Accompaniment patterns. ■ Auto Accompaniment Variation Each Auto Accompaniment pattern has a basic “normal pattern” as well as a “variation pattern”. 1. Press 8. ■ Auto Accompaniment Fill-in Use the procedure below to play a fill-in pattern during a performance.
Using Auto Accompaniment Use the following procedure to configure the Digital Keyboard to start Auto Accompaniment play as soon as you press a keyboard key. 1. Press 9. This enters accompaniment start standby. Flashes Adjusting the Accompaniment Volume Use the following procedure to adjust the balance between what you are playing on the keyboard and the volume of the Auto Accompaniment. English ■ Using Synchro Start 1.
Connecting External Devices bp 3 bl Connecting a Computer You can connect the Digital Keyboard to a computer and exchange MIDI data between them. You can send play data from the Digital Keyboard to music software running on your computer, or you can send MIDI data from your computer to the Digital Keyboard for playback. Minimum Computer System Requirements The following shows the minimum computer system requirements for sending and receiving MIDI data.
Connecting External Devices one of the following as the MIDI device. CASIO USB-MIDI: For Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Mac OS X USB Audio Device: For Windows XP • For information about how to select the MIDI device, see the user documentation that comes with the music software you are using. MIDI Settings Keyboard Channel A keyboard channel is the channel used for sending Digital Keyboard data to a computer.
Connecting External Devices ■ Turning Off the Navigate Channel Sound and Playing the Part on the Keyboard You can turn off the sound on one or both of the navigate channels and play the cancelled part on the keyboard yourself. 1. Press bl to select the channel setting you want to turn off. Each press of bl cycles through settings (1) through (4) described below. • If you turn off one channel, you can play the cancelled part on the keyboard using the same tone as the channel you turned off.
Connecting External Devices Connecting to Audio Equipment English This Digital Keyboard can be connected to commercially available stereo, amplifier, or recording equipment, to a portable audio player or other equipment. Outputting Digital Keyboard Notes to Audio Equipment Connection requires commercially available connecting cords, supplied by you. The connecting cords should have a stereo standard plug on one end and a plug that matches the configuration of the external device on the other end.
Reference Troubleshooting Symptom Action Included Accessories I can’t find something that should be here. Carefully check inside all of the packing materials. Power Requirements Power will not turned on. • Check the AC adaptor or make sure that the batteries are facing correctly (page EN-5). • Replace the batteries with new ones or switch over to AC adaptor power (page EN-5). The Digital Keyboard outputs a loud sound and then suddenly powers down.
Symptom Action Some notes are cut off while they are playing. Notes are cut off whenever the number of notes being sounded exceeds the maximum polyphony value of 48 (24 for some tones). This does not indicate malfunction. The volume or tone setting I made has changed. • Adjust the main volume setting (page EN-6). • Turn power off and then back on to initialize all Digital Keyboard settings (page EN-6). • Replace the batteries with new ones or switch over to AC adaptor power (page EN-5).
Reference Specifications Model CTK-2090/CTK-2400 Keyboard 61 standard-size keys Maximum Polyphony 48 notes (24 for certain tones) Tones Built-in Tones 400 Sampling Tones 1 (Long Sampling) or 5 (Short Sampling) Sampling Time: 2 second (Long Sampling) or approximately 0.
Reference Operating Precautions English Be sure to read and observe the following operating precautions. ■ Location Avoid the following locations for this product. • Areas exposed to direct sunlight and high humidity • Areas subjected to temperature extremes • Near a radio, TV, video deck, or tuner The above devices will not cause malfunction of the product, but interference from the product can cause audio or video interference of a nearby device.
Reference Song List SONG BANK 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 WORLD TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR LIGHTLY ROW LONG LONG AGO ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY SAKURA SAKURA WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN AMAZING GRACE AULD LANG SYNE COME BIRDS DID YOU EVER SEE A LASSIE? MICHAEL ROW THE BOAT ASHORE DANNY BOY MY BONNIE HOME SWEET HOME AURA LEE HOME ON THE RANGE ALOHA OE SANTA L
Reference Fingered 1, Fingered 2 Chords Fingered 3, Full Range Chords In addition to the chords that can be fingered with Fingered 1 and Fingered 2, the following chords also are recognized. C # C C Cm Gm Am C C D C E C F C b Bm C G C Ddim C b A C b B C b A7 C B C F7 C # Cm C Fm7 C Dm C Gm7 C English Fingering Guide Fm C b A add9 C Cdim • With Fingered 3, the lowest note fingered is interpreted as the base note.
Root CTK2400_A5_x1a_EN_ES.indd 44 C C#/(Db) D (D#)/Eb E F F#/(Gb) • Since the chord input range is limited, this model may not support some of the chords shown above.
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CTK2400_A5_x1a_EN_ES.indd 2 O : Yes X : No Mode 2 : OMNI ON, MONO Mode 4 : OMNI OFF, MONO Mode 1 : OMNI ON, POLY Mode 3 : OMNI OFF, POLY *1: Depende del tono. *2: Para obtener información acerca de NRPN, RPN y los mensajes exclusivos del sistema, consulte Implementación MIDI en http://world.casio.com/. *3: De acuerdo con el ajuste de efecto de pedal. *1: Depends on tone. *2: For details about NRPN, RPN, and system exclusive messages, see MIDI Implementation at http://world.casio.com/.
English CTK- 2090 CTK-2400 EN/ES USER’S GUIDE Esta marca de reciclaje indica que el empaquetado se ajusta a la legislación de protección ambiental en Alemania. Español Please keep all information for future reference. This recycle mark indicates that the packaging conforms to the environmental protection legislation in Germany. Safety Precautions Before trying to use the Digital Keyboard, be sure to read the separate “Safety Precautions”.